exhaust? or stock exhaust?

[kbark519]

does the silencer quite the exhaust down alot?

[007brendan]

Wow a full system only takes a short time i thought with a full system there was welding and with a slip on there wasnt? anyways i have no idea on rejetting a bike should i have a shop do it for me afterwards how much do you think that will cost? i dont want to try and touch something i have no idea what im doing.

Buy the Clymer Service Manual, it's ony ~$30 and it has step by step instructions on how to take apart and reassemble the entire bike.
Buy a jet kit from Buddha, $25 last time I checked.
Buy a K&N lunchbox, ~$30-40 http://www.knfilters.com/search/product.aspx?Prod=RU-2970

Search the forums.  There's tons of information on people doing exactly what you want to do.

[tt_four]

Hey TT I'll trade ya!

Was worth a shot right?

Mary

I'd be up for it if I didn't live in a completely different corner of the country from you, plus I don't have the intention of keeping the bike around all that much longer anyway, so I'm not too worried about it anymore to want to change anything major.

hate loud bikes.

LOVE loud bikes

It's not specifically the loud bikes I hate, but the asshats that usually have them in the city. You never see people with loud exhausts just cruising around nicely. They're always the same goons who leave every redlight at WOT and can't stop revving their engines at redlights. To me it's really just more of an indicator towards the chunk of riders that give everyone on motorcycles a bad reputation.

You would also be doing yourself a favor if you spent your time learning traffic patterns in indicators of what a car is about to do, instead of earning money for a louder exhaust, not to mention just paying attention to the cars around you instead of expecting them to pay attention to you. If I can ride a bicycle all around this city and not get run over without so much as a horn, I don't understand why people assume they're going to die without a loud exhaust. Either way $200-300 makes a ridiculously expensive horn. You could go to pepboys and pick up a $20-30 air horn that would be way more effective.

[black and silver twin]

You could go to pepboys and pick up a $20-30 air horn that would be way more effective.

I have been thinking about this for a while now, sounds awesome.

[romulux]

If I can ride a bicycle all around this city and not get run over without so much as a horn...

Oh man, and people think motorcycles are dangerous!  Riding a bicycle on the roads in America is not something I'm brave enough to do.

Talk about scary.

[kbark519]

 went to the shop today and asked about a slip on the mechanic says yosh's slip on is a bolt on no need to cut anything is this true. im sorry to keep bothering everyone but i get mixed vibes when im new too something any advice would be greatly appreciated thanks by the way I have an 09 GS500F.

[black and silver twin]

went to the shop today and asked about a slip on the mechanic says yosh's slip on is a bolt on no need to cut anything is this true. im sorry to keep bothering everyone but i get mixed vibes when im new too something any advice would be greatly appreciated thanks by the way I have an 09 GS500F.

No the stock exhaust is definately welded together front to back, Mine is standing (literaly) in my closet. its one piece

[average]

I concurr. There will definetly be some cutting needed to run a "slip on". I had the pleasure of letting werase643 install my yosh 'busa pipe a few weeks ago and I couldn't be happier. He cut it in half for me , tacked it up, and voila!~ Beautiful exhaust note and all.

[kbark519]

Yea we have state inspections here in MA so i dont think I will be doing that incase i need to put m,y stock muffler back on and a full system would take to much work to put on and off for inspections


ill prob keep it stock thanks everyone for your help I appreciate it.

[oramac]

I just gutted my stock exhaust.  I drilled it first, then drilled it some more, then completely removed the baffles  .  I liked the sound, and nearly every one else did too.  Most thought it was an aftermarket can.  Sounded good imho.  Oh, and the best part?  FREE!

[BaltimoreGS]

It can't run too lean if the stock air filter doesn't let any more air in.  You can't exhale more than you can inhale, can you?  

That assumes your air filter was not able to flow more air.  My understanding is the stock exhaust can is the real bottle neck in the system and the limiting factor in moving air into and out of the engine. Once the exhaust side is opened up with a freer flowing can, the stock air filter can flow more air which leads to a lean condition.  Add that to the fact that these bikes are jetted lean from the factory and you are probably running fairly lean if you don't rejet after changing the exhaust.  The best indicator would be the condition of the spark plugs.

-Jessie

[kbark519]

i cut my stock exhaust to put the slip on on. If i need to put the stock muffler back on can i or do i have to reweld? MA is very strict with inspections.


thanks guys (If i have to reweld it on its not worth it then)